Phenomenal Cat

Album: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
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  • A long, long time ago,
    In the land of idiot boys,
    There live a cat, a phenomenal cat,
    Who loved to wallow all day.

    No one bothered him
    As he sat, content in his tree.
    He just lived to eat 'cause it kept him fat,
    And that's how he wanted to stay.

    Though he was big and fat,
    All the world was good to him,
    And he pointed out on the map
    All the places he had been.
    [Cowes, Cathage,Karthom,Cannes?], [India,Sardinia?], Kathmandu,
    The Scilley Isles and Sahara, too

    Fum, fum, diddle-um di
    La la la la, la-la la la
    La la la la, la-la la la la
    La la la la-la la la

    Once when he was thin
    He had flown to old Hong Kong,
    And had learned the secret of life,
    And the sea and the sky beyond.
    So he gave up his diet and sat in a tree,
    And ate himself through eternity.

    Fum, fum, diddle-um di
    La la la la la-la la la
    La la la la, la-la la la la
    La la la la-la la la
    Fum, fum, diddle-um di
    Fum, fum, diddle-um di Writer/s: RAYMOND DOUGLAS DAVIES
    Publisher: Abkco Music Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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